This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1882
Page
4
The article surveys congressional proceedings on Kirkwood's Indian Bill. It highlights many points and provisions requiring careful perusal by lawmakers and readers. The piece emphasizes the complexity and potential impact of the bill on policy and governance.
The article outlines pension arrears disputes led by Ingalls and Beck, President Garfield's era notes, and Secretary Kirkwood's proposed Indian Civilization Commission. It details land surrenders, survey efforts, and allotment plans to make Indians self supporting and education goals. It also reports Garfield’s reply on Porter’s case and domestic politics in Congress.
Pending amendments to the committee on rules were agreed to by yeas 150 to none. The house moved to the committee of the whole on the state of the union, chaired by a skell, and passed the bill to appropriate $50 000 for packing, transportation and arranging agricultural and mineral specimens from the Atlanta exposition received by the agricultural bureau. The speaker announced the death of Senator Burnside and slated Monday for eulogies.
Baron Kolb cites 19th century data: breastfed infants have far lower mortality in first year than wet nurse or artificial feeding. institutional care fares worst. Across wealth groups, five to seventy years show higher survival among prosperous than poor, with life expectancy estimates of fifty versus thirty-two years. Notes cured rheumatism cases linked to St Jacobs Oil and a Newark newspaper reference.
The Jersey Queen, bred from E. T. Fairbanks stock, sold for 2000 dollars to A. B. Darlin of the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York. Her career began in Peacham Vermont, with earlier sales and butter tallies culminating in projections of 800 pounds per year. The cow’s fame rises alongside Eurotas, another top butter producer.
The St Paul Globe records a scene where a man in visible agony seeks relief from rheumatism with St Jacobs Oil as the first twinge strikes, while the house bustles in response, illustrating mounting distress and the scramble for remedy.
The Oswego Democrat notes Hon. Arthur Edgington recounts a winter visit in Topeka marked by a severe cold and rheumatic shoulder pain. He credits St Jacobs Oil after trying prescriptions, claiming rapid relief and urging public belief in its healing power.
The article describes making guano from hen-house droppings with absorbent layers of road dust or coal ash and earth. It recommends thin alternating layers in barrels, then breaking up the mass in spring to seed or hill crops. It also notes a shift from bulky pills to Dr. Pierce's Pleasant-Purgative Pellets as railroads expand.
A verse expressing longing for ships returning with gems and riches, preferring one return over none, and invoking hope for a safe voyage. The lyric ends with a plea to bring the "love-ship" home, contrasting fortune with personal loss.
Homely maxims on life and virtue from Josh Billings in New York Weekly. The narrator ponders happiness knowledge courage humor and human folly while praising truthfulness generosity and restraint and warning against vanity and indolence.
A wealthy farmer named Rockton marries Miss Wampton in South Arkansas under pressure from her mother. Rockton falls ill with swamp fever and requests a double wedding with his wife’s former beloved Rosemond before dying. The doctor and preacher witness the marriage on his deathbed.
A letter from Washington D C June 21 1831 praises Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. It notes remission of albuminuria acute Bright's disease and gravel in three years and cites physician endorsement. The pastor of a Congregational Church signs the testimonial as belief in safety and curative potential.
An OCR fragment lists medical claims and remedies for consumption, digestion, and nervous debility. It references Dr. R. V. Pierce and his "Pellets" and "Favorite Prescription," various tonics, and advertisements for L. E. Ransom Butter Color, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops, Rough on Rats, and Wells' Health Renewer. It also notes the St. Charles Hotel in Omaha with travel rates and room offers.
A promotional letter with testimonials for Allen's Lung Balsam claims cure for consumption bronchitis coughs colds asthma and whooping cough. It cites Dr Merepin dentist in Cincinnati and W A Graham Co of Zanesville among users and endorsers noting the remedy is harmless even to children and contains no opium.
A fragmented page touts Allen's Sun Balsam for consumption prevention and lists other remedies. It urges readers to mail for subscriptions to Old Reliable and mentions Henry's Carbolic Salve, Dr Green's Oxygenated Bitters, Durno's Catarrh Snuff, R Mott's Liver Pills, and pure Caswell Hazard cod liver oil.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.